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PINAR DEL RÍO, November 20 (Víctor Rolando Arroyo, UPECI /
www.cubanet.org) - Farmers in Pinar del Río province are puzzled -some
say worried- about a new survey the government is taking on farms in Sandino
municipality.
They still remember that in 1988 the government took a survey of all farms
and then issued a new document to owners of the land, charging them 30 pesos for
it, that took the place of the original deed on the farms, said human rights
activist David Reyes. Agriculture Ministry officials told farmers the new
document would henceforth be the only valid one to legal purposes. In addition,
they asked farmers to turn in their original deeds, granted during the Agrarian
Reform of 1959.
For several weeks officials of Geocuba and the Ministry of Agriculture have
been surveying the land, saying the 1988 survey is not valid, and that
proprietors must acquire a new document, at a cost of 60 pesos.
Reyes said farmers are puzzled because, they say, the dimensions of the
farms have not changed. "Why so many measurements and documents?"
Reyes said farmers are asking.
People here know the Cuban parliament passed a new law dealing with
cooperatives in October, but few details are known.
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